Max Verstappen has questioned the use of red flags and standing restarts at a 'messy' AusGP. F1 MaxVerstappen
Verstappen won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, but had to cope with the unpredictability of a standing start with two racing laps to go following a late-race red flag.
Having had a comfortable lead out front, Verstappen’s situation looked precarious given his poor initial start that saw the pole-sitter slip to third place by halfway around the opening lap. But the Dutch driver held his nerve on the final start to keep the lead and fend off the attentions of the cars behind, only for the race to be red-flagged once again due to unfolding carnage behind with several collisions and incidents littering the track.
“I think the race itself, towards the end, was a bit of a mess with all the calls,” Verstappen told the media in Australia after extending his lead in the Drivers’ Championship. “I don’t think we needed that second red flag. I think that could have been done with a Virtual Safety Car or a Safety Car at worst.The two-time World Champion said the carnage was self-inflicted by the decision-making by Race Control, saying a more conservative rolling start would have been the wiser choice.“I think if we would have had a Safety Car and then just have a normal rolling start, we wouldn’t have had all these shunts. And then you have a normal finish.
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